A bad one can be a tough impression to shake.
When the first scene was laced with clunky, expository dialogue, those nerves settled in my gut.
Unfortunately, Bautista’s intro proved prophetic this film offered me no happy endings.
Based on a short story by George R.R.
All of this is established in the first 20 minutes or so, before the adventure even begins.
It is as cluttered as it sounds.
Shortly after Alys dodges her own hanging, the Queen becomes a customer.
everything that isn’t the city).
He asked that the Queen’s wish fail to come true.
A queen seeks to obtain the power to shape-shift and enlists the sorceress Gray Alys to venture into the perilous Lost Lands to retrieve it. Gray Alys, accompanied by a guide named Boyce, faces deadly creatures and treacherous landscapes. The journey challenges their resolve and reveals the true cost of the queen’s desire.
All of this is established in the first 20 minutes or so before the adventure even begins.
It is as cluttered as it sounds.
Jovovich was also a fundamental problemfor me.
A little consistency in her performance would’ve gone a long way toward giving me something to hold onto.
I can see what would draw him to this role, at least in the abstract.
With a better film around him, he could do something with this archetype.
Gray Alys, accompanied by a guide named Boyce, faces deadly creatures and treacherous landscapes.
The journey challenges their resolve and reveals the true cost of the queen’s desire.
